Share of women who are overweight or obese by country
A person is defined as overweight if they have a body-mass index (BMI) equal to or greater than 25. BMI is a person's weight in kilograms divided by his height in meters squared.
Countries reporting
199
Highest
94.2%
Tonga
Lowest
12.1%
Burundi
Median
56.1%
Years covered
45
1980β2024
Data points
8,955
What the numbers show
Share of women who are overweight or obese is currently reported for 199 countries. The highest value is 94.2% in Tonga; the lowest is 12.1% in Burundi.
The median across all reporting countries is 56.1%, and the mean is 55.5%.
The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 8.
Over the past decade 169 countries rose and 30 fell. The largest increase was in East Timor (up 75.5%), and the largest decrease in Spain (down 10.9%).
Share of women who are overweight or obese: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Tonga | 94.2% | 2024 | up 1.9% | rising |
| 2 | American Samoa | 92.4% | 2024 | up 0.5% | rising |
| 3 | Tokelau | 91.8% | 2024 | up 1.0% | rising |
| 4 | Samoa | 91.5% | 2024 | up 2.2% | rising |
| 5 | Cook Islands | 90.9% | 2024 | up 2.7% | rising |
| 6 | Niue | 89.1% | 2024 | up 1.6% | rising |
| 7 | Tuvalu | 88.8% | 2024 | up 1.6% | rising |
| 8 | Nauru | 87.9% | 2024 | down 1.0% | flat |
| 9 | Saint Kitts and Nevis | 83.3% | 2024 | up 7.3% | rising |
| 10 | Bahamas | 82.5% | 2024 | up 9.9% | rising |
| 11 | Egypt | 82.1% | 2024 | up 3.3% | rising |
| 12 | Belize | 81.0% | 2024 | up 7.4% | rising |
| 13 | Kiribati | 80.7% | 2024 | up 1.5% | rising |
| 14 | Chile | 80.6% | 2024 | up 12.9% | rising |
| 15 | Micronesia (country) | 78.5% | 2024 | up 0.9% | rising |
| 16 | Iraq | 77.7% | 2024 | up 6.7% | rising |
| 17 | Panama | 77.5% | 2024 | up 13.4% | rising |
| 18 | Puerto Rico | 77.4% | 2024 | up 9.0% | rising |
| 19 | Saint Lucia | 77.1% | 2024 | up 10.1% | rising |
| 20 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 77.0% | 2024 | up 10.7% | rising |
| 21 | Barbados | 76.9% | 2024 | up 8.2% | rising |
| 22 | Dominica | 76.7% | 2024 | up 9.3% | rising |
| 23 | Kuwait | 76.6% | 2024 | down 2.0% | rising |
| 24 | Mexico | 76.2% | 2024 | up 7.5% | rising |
| 25 | Fiji | 76.2% | 2024 | up 8.1% | rising |
| 26 | Jamaica | 75.8% | 2024 | up 10.2% | rising |
| 27 | Qatar | 75.5% | 2024 | up 3.0% | rising |
| 28 | Marshall Islands | 75.4% | 2024 | down 1.0% | rising |
| 29 | Palau | 75.0% | 2024 | up 1.8% | rising |
| 30 | Costa Rica | 73.7% | 2024 | up 10.6% | rising |
| 31 | Seychelles | 73.3% | 2024 | up 9.4% | rising |
| 32 | Saudi Arabia | 73.3% | 2024 | up 1.4% | rising |
| 33 | Palestine | 73.3% | 2024 | up 1.1% | rising |
| 34 | Brunei | 73.2% | 2024 | up 21.8% | rising |
| 35 | Paraguay | 73.0% | 2024 | up 12.8% | rising |
| 36 | Nicaragua | 72.5% | 2024 | up 8.4% | rising |
| 37 | South Africa | 72.5% | 2024 | up 6.8% | rising |
| 38 | Grenada | 72.4% | 2024 | up 11.0% | rising |
| 39 | Honduras | 72.4% | 2024 | up 15.5% | rising |
| 40 | Antigua and Barbuda | 72.3% | 2024 | up 10.8% | rising |
| 41 | Bermuda | 72.3% | 2024 | up 10.7% | rising |
| 42 | Peru | 72.3% | 2024 | up 15.6% | rising |
| 43 | Syria | 72.1% | 2024 | up 2.6% | rising |
| 44 | French Polynesia | 72.1% | 2024 | up 2.0% | rising |
| 45 | Bahrain | 72.1% | 2024 | up 4.2% | rising |
| 46 | El Salvador | 71.9% | 2024 | up 7.1% | rising |
| 47 | Dominican Republic | 71.2% | 2024 | up 14.6% | rising |
| 48 | Eswatini | 71.1% | 2024 | up 9.5% | rising |
| 49 | Ecuador | 70.3% | 2024 | up 6.8% | rising |
| 50 | Jordan | 70.3% | 2024 | down 3.8% | rising |
| 51 | United States | 69.9% | 2024 | up 6.6% | rising |
| 52 | Bolivia | 69.8% | 2024 | up 11.4% | rising |
| 53 | Suriname | 69.5% | 2024 | up 11.6% | rising |
| 54 | United Arab Emirates | 69.0% | 2024 | down 0.5% | rising |
| 55 | Libya | 68.8% | 2024 | up 0.2% | rising |
| 56 | Oman | 68.6% | 2024 | up 9.3% | rising |
| 57 | Guyana | 68.3% | 2024 | up 12.9% | rising |
| 58 | Guatemala | 68.0% | 2024 | up 11.4% | rising |
| 59 | Argentina | 66.9% | 2024 | up 16.2% | rising |
| 60 | Uruguay | 66.6% | 2024 | up 14.0% | rising |
| 61 | Brazil | 66.5% | 2024 | up 20.8% | rising |
| 62 | Trinidad and Tobago | 65.9% | 2024 | up 7.6% | rising |
| 63 | Mauritania | 65.9% | 2024 | up 17.2% | rising |
| 64 | Iran | 65.0% | 2024 | up 6.5% | rising |
| 65 | Algeria | 65.0% | 2024 | up 7.4% | rising |
| 66 | New Zealand | 64.7% | 2024 | up 6.9% | rising |
| 67 | Turkey | 64.6% | 2024 | down 2.9% | rising |
| 68 | Uzbekistan | 64.5% | 2024 | up 17.5% | rising |
| 69 | Colombia | 64.4% | 2024 | up 9.9% | rising |
| 70 | Azerbaijan | 64.2% | 2024 | up 5.0% | rising |
| 71 | Morocco | 64.1% | 2024 | up 10.1% | rising |
| 72 | Georgia | 63.6% | 2024 | up 10.6% | rising |
| 73 | Greenland | 63.2% | 2024 | up 10.6% | rising |
| 74 | Lebanon | 62.8% | 2024 | up 6.1% | rising |
| 75 | Tunisia | 62.5% | 2024 | up 3.2% | rising |
| 76 | Gabon | 61.2% | 2024 | up 16.8% | rising |
| 77 | Ireland | 61.0% | 2024 | up 6.5% | rising |
| 78 | Maldives | 60.9% | 2024 | up 23.0% | rising |
| 79 | Mongolia | 60.5% | 2024 | up 12.4% | rising |
| 80 | Equatorial Guinea | 60.4% | 2024 | up 16.6% | rising |
| 81 | Cuba | 59.9% | 2024 | up 16.2% | rising |
| 82 | Malaysia | 59.6% | 2024 | up 17.2% | rising |
| 83 | Lesotho | 59.5% | 2024 | up 9.0% | rising |
| 84 | Pakistan | 59.3% | 2024 | up 31.6% | rising |
| 85 | Papua New Guinea | 58.8% | 2024 | up 10.3% | rising |
| 86 | North Macedonia | 58.6% | 2024 | up 1.2% | rising |
| 87 | Cape Verde | 58.6% | 2024 | up 25.4% | rising |
| 88 | United Kingdom | 58.5% | 2024 | up 3.3% | rising |
| 89 | Tajikistan | 58.2% | 2024 | up 21.4% | rising |
| 90 | Solomon Islands | 58.1% | 2024 | up 5.4% | rising |
| 91 | Australia | 58.1% | 2024 | up 5.9% | rising |
| 92 | Armenia | 57.8% | 2024 | up 3.3% | rising |
| 93 | Vanuatu | 57.6% | 2024 | up 6.3% | rising |
| 94 | Botswana | 57.6% | 2024 | up 15.4% | rising |
| 95 | Mauritius | 57.5% | 2024 | up 6.8% | rising |
| 96 | Albania | 57.4% | 2024 | up 5.2% | rising |
| 97 | Kyrgyzstan | 56.9% | 2024 | up 17.1% | rising |
| 98 | Afghanistan | 56.3% | 2024 | up 46.3% | volatile |
| 99 | Comoros | 56.2% | 2024 | up 22.1% | rising |
| 100 | Croatia | 56.1% | 2024 | up 7.9% | rising |
| 101 | Malta | 55.9% | 2024 | down 2.7% | flat |
| 102 | Bhutan | 55.7% | 2024 | up 32.8% | volatile |
| 103 | Finland | 55.6% | 2024 | up 12.4% | rising |
| 104 | Sao Tome and Principe | 55.6% | 2024 | up 27.9% | rising |
| 105 | Greece | 55.3% | 2024 | up 5.2% | rising |
| 106 | Turkmenistan | 55.2% | 2024 | up 13.7% | rising |
| 107 | Venezuela | 53.7% | 2024 | down 4.0% | rising |
| 108 | Moldova | 53.6% | 2024 | down 3.0% | flat |
| 109 | Romania | 53.5% | 2024 | up 7.8% | rising |
| 110 | Ukraine | 53.4% | 2024 | down 0.5% | flat |
| 111 | Ghana | 53.3% | 2024 | up 25.5% | rising |
| 112 | Canada | 53.1% | 2024 | up 1.4% | rising |
| 113 | Hungary | 51.9% | 2024 | up 0.5% | rising |
| 114 | Kazakhstan | 50.8% | 2024 | up 4.3% | rising |
| 115 | Thailand | 50.7% | 2024 | up 22.5% | rising |
| 116 | Iceland | 50.6% | 2024 | up 6.1% | rising |
| 117 | Norway | 50.4% | 2024 | up 8.0% | rising |
| 118 | Czechia | 50.0% | 2024 | up 6.1% | falling |
| 119 | Latvia | 49.6% | 2024 | up 1.5% | rising |
| 120 | Belarus | 49.3% | 2024 | down 4.3% | flat |
| 121 | Cameroon | 49.1% | 2024 | up 17.7% | rising |
| 122 | Somalia | 48.9% | 2024 | up 23.6% | rising |
| 123 | Russia | 48.6% | 2024 | down 4.2% | falling |
| 124 | Israel | 48.5% | 2024 | down 4.3% | rising |
| 125 | Indonesia | 48.5% | 2024 | up 41.3% | rising |
| 126 | Belgium | 47.9% | 2024 | up 6.9% | rising |
| 127 | Namibia | 47.5% | 2024 | up 13.8% | rising |
| 128 | Slovakia | 47.3% | 2024 | up 3.7% | rising |
| 129 | Zimbabwe | 47.1% | 2024 | up 14.6% | rising |
| 130 | Liberia | 47.0% | 2024 | up 46.1% | volatile |
| 131 | Estonia | 47.0% | 2024 | down 0.7% | rising |
| 132 | Sri Lanka | 46.9% | 2024 | up 32.3% | volatile |
| 133 | Portugal | 46.9% | 2024 | down 6.3% | flat |
| 134 | Cyprus | 46.5% | 2024 | down 1.3% | rising |
| 135 | Gambia | 46.2% | 2024 | up 36.4% | volatile |
| 136 | Sudan | 45.9% | 2024 | up 13.6% | rising |
| 137 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 45.2% | 2024 | down 2.4% | flat |
| 138 | Lithuania | 44.7% | 2024 | down 7.8% | falling |
| 139 | Sweden | 44.6% | 2024 | up 5.2% | rising |
| 140 | Germany | 44.3% | 2024 | down 2.2% | rising |
| 141 | Nigeria | 44.0% | 2024 | up 26.2% | rising |
| 142 | Luxembourg | 43.8% | 2024 | up 2.9% | rising |
| 143 | Togo | 43.3% | 2024 | up 40.0% | volatile |
| 144 | Senegal | 43.1% | 2024 | up 23.4% | rising |
| 145 | Poland | 42.9% | 2024 | down 8.8% | flat |
| 146 | Angola | 42.8% | 2024 | up 21.7% | rising |
| 147 | Cote d'Ivoire | 42.8% | 2024 | up 28.3% | rising |
| 148 | Kenya | 42.8% | 2024 | up 21.7% | rising |
| 149 | North Korea | 42.5% | 2024 | up 31.8% | rising |
| 150 | Mali | 42.2% | 2024 | up 44.8% | volatile |
| 151 | Yemen | 41.9% | 2024 | up 21.4% | rising |
| 152 | Haiti | 41.7% | 2024 | up 22.4% | rising |
| 153 | Slovenia | 41.6% | 2024 | down 4.8% | flat |
| 154 | Spain | 41.3% | 2024 | down 10.9% | falling |
| 155 | Bulgaria | 40.9% | 2024 | down 4.4% | flat |
| 156 | Montenegro | 40.7% | 2024 | down 2.8% | flat |
| 157 | Philippines | 40.6% | 2024 | up 25.1% | rising |
| 158 | Congo | 40.6% | 2024 | up 19.2% | rising |
| 159 | Netherlands | 40.4% | 2024 | down 1.6% | rising |
| 160 | Singapore | 40.4% | 2024 | up 25.1% | rising |
| 161 | Tanzania | 39.9% | 2024 | up 29.0% | rising |
| 162 | Andorra | 39.7% | 2024 | down 1.3% | rising |
| 163 | Guinea-Bissau | 39.7% | 2024 | up 33.6% | rising |
| 164 | Zambia | 39.7% | 2024 | up 29.8% | rising |
| 165 | Serbia | 39.2% | 2024 | down 5.7% | falling |
| 166 | Benin | 38.9% | 2024 | up 23.5% | rising |
| 167 | Denmark | 38.7% | 2024 | up 7.7% | rising |
| 168 | Djibouti | 38.6% | 2024 | up 25.0% | rising |
| 169 | Guinea | 37.7% | 2024 | up 41.9% | volatile |
| 170 | Italy | 37.4% | 2024 | down 6.5% | falling |
| 171 | Bangladesh | 36.9% | 2024 | up 71.9% | volatile |
| 172 | Sierra Leone | 36.8% | 2024 | up 29.7% | rising |
| 173 | Laos | 36.5% | 2024 | up 37.2% | rising |
| 174 | Nepal | 36.3% | 2024 | up 60.8% | volatile |
| 175 | Mozambique | 35.7% | 2024 | up 40.2% | rising |
| 176 | Uganda | 35.4% | 2024 | up 34.0% | rising |
| 177 | Malawi | 35.3% | 2024 | up 35.9% | rising |
| 178 | Austria | 34.5% | 2024 | down 0.0% | rising |
| 179 | Myanmar | 34.3% | 2024 | up 22.7% | rising |
| 180 | France | 34.1% | 2024 | down 4.4% | rising |
| 181 | India | 33.7% | 2024 | up 42.2% | volatile |
| 182 | China | 32.8% | 2024 | up 21.1% | rising |
| 183 | Central African Republic | 32.4% | 2024 | up 36.2% | rising |
| 184 | South Sudan | 30.8% | 2024 | up 25.1% | rising |
| 185 | Cambodia | 30.5% | 2024 | up 56.7% | volatile |
| 186 | Democratic Republic of Congo | 29.8% | 2024 | up 39.3% | volatile |
| 187 | Rwanda | 29.7% | 2024 | up 40.8% | rising |
| 188 | Burkina Faso | 28.7% | 2024 | up 62.2% | volatile |
| 189 | Switzerland | 28.2% | 2024 | up 8.3% | flat |
| 190 | South Korea | 25.3% | 2024 | up 1.7% | rising |
| 191 | Niger | 23.9% | 2024 | up 26.5% | rising |
| 192 | Chad | 22.7% | 2024 | up 46.7% | volatile |
| 193 | East Timor | 20.9% | 2024 | up 75.5% | volatile |
| 194 | Vietnam | 19.0% | 2024 | up 67.8% | volatile |
| 195 | Madagascar | 18.4% | 2024 | up 43.6% | rising |
| 196 | Eritrea | 16.0% | 2024 | up 22.5% | rising |
| 197 | Japan | 15.5% | 2024 | up 1.3% | falling |
| 198 | Ethiopia | 14.1% | 2024 | up 38.0% | rising |
| 199 | Burundi | 12.1% | 2024 | up 21.2% | rising |
About this data
A person is defined as overweight if they have a body-mass index (BMI) equal to or greater than 25. BMI is a person's weight in kilograms divided by his height in meters squared.